All News articles – Page 290
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NewsNHS use of e-prescribing can be a ‘risk to patient safety’
Poorly-implemented electronic prescribing systems in NHS hospitals are putting patients’ lives at risk, the NHS’s safety watchdog has warned.
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NewsTeaching trusts fall out over transplant safety concerns
A “breakdown in trust” between two of the country’s leading teaching hospitals saw transplant patients referred elsewhere as a result of safety concerns, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsDaily Insight: Enlisting the Daily Mail’s help on pensions
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsTrust forms company for its Drs in pensions tax workaround
A foundation trust has set up a company with a group of its consultants in a bid to work around the pensions crisis hitting the NHS, HSJ has learned. Northumbria Healthcare FT launches limited liability partnership with orthopaedics team LLP aims to give more working flexibility to clinicians hit ...
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News£170k charge on whistleblower will not deter others claims tribunal
A consultant surgeon must pay an NHS trust £170,000 after he lost a whistleblowing case on appeal.
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NewsTop doctor reveals huge tax bill
Royal college dean charged with pension tax bill that is “£20,000 more than her total annual salary” “This government is making it impossible for me to stay in the NHS long-term” Government reiterates determination to help senior doctors manage their pensions The dean of the Royal College of ...
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NewsNHS England finally strikes deal for high value drug
A deal has been struck to make a life-extending cystic fibrosis drug available on the NHS for the first time.
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NewsTwo NHS England directors join Supply Chain company board
Two NHS England/Improvement directors have been appointed to the board of the company behind NHS Supply Chain.
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NewsOverseas medics are booming and need better support, says regulator
Employers need to do more to support international doctors as the services become increasingly reliant on them, with more non-UK medical graduates joining the register than British-trained, the General Medical Council has told HSJ.
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NewsExclusive: Hospitals substitute nurses as staffing crisis worsens
The number of hospitals falling short of their planned nurse staffing by 10 per cent or more has almost tripled over five years, HSJ has learned.
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NewsDaily Insight: Capital crunch
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsRegulator misled health secretary over safety scandal
The Nursing and Midwifery Council misled former health secretary Jeremy Hunt over its handling of fitness to practise cases linked to the Morecambe Bay maternity scandal, an independent report has said.
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NewsUpdated: Third large CCG merger confirmed in south east
At least 35 CCGs have been approved to merge in April 2020 The first London CCG mergers have been announced Twenty clinical commissioning groups have been given the green light to merge from NHS England and NHS Improvement, HSJ can confirm.
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NewsPrivate providers to share concerns over medics with NHS
A new database to track doctors working in the independent sector is being developed as part of wider reforms to improve the clinical governance of those providers.
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NewsStevens: Old capital process was ‘implicit rationing’
Simon Stevens has described the process for approving vital infrastructure projects as “implicit rationing”.
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NewsDHSC clarifies Hancock’s claim over mental health support
Dedicated mental health service designed for 180,000 doctors and dentists Matt Hancock suggested it was available to all NHS staff But programme leaders confirm it has not been commissioned to support nurses and non-clinical workers A new mental health support service is not routinely available to all NHS ...
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NewsDaily Insight: A ‘low value’ contract?
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsNew Brexit plan worse for NHS than May’s deal, experts warn
The NHS will be exposed to more risk by the government’s latest Brexit deal than by Theresa May’s original agreement, health service experts and lobby groups have told HSJ.
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NewsNumber of primary care IT suppliers to quadruple
GPs are set to receive IT services from a much broader pool of suppliers after more than 50 new companies successfully bid to be on a major framework.